The Strangeworlds Travel Agency
#2754.12 adjusted 4.09 for sample size in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 3 books Status Complete 2020–2022 Reading commitment Medium L.D. Lapinski Last reviewed 2026-11-01
Overview
The Strangeworlds Travel Agency is a trilogy of children's fantasy novels by L.D. Lapinski, published by Orion Children's Books (Hachette) from 2020 to 2022. Twelve-year-old Flick Hudson discovers a travel agency in which every suitcase opens onto a different world, and joins a secret society of travellers who protect the many worlds lying close to our own. With the society's guardian, Jonathan, she visits worlds such as a pirate realm called The Break and the Stormforest, and learns what the society is for. The three novels follow one another in order. A Christmas novella and a short World Book Day story are set in the same multiverse.
Portal fantasy · For Middle grade
Core Canon: Reading Order (3 works) counts toward ranking
The Strangeworlds Travel Agency L.D. Lapinski
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Strangeworlds Travel Agency | 2020 | 1 | core | 4.03 (3,166 ratings) |
 | The Edge of the Ocean | 2021 | 2 | core | 4.29 (1,139 ratings) |
 | The Secrets of the Stormforest | 2022 | 3 | core | 4.25 (671 ratings) |
Three novels following Flick Hudson and the Strangeworlds Society as they travel between linked worlds.
Quick answers
- How many books are in The Strangeworlds Travel Agency? The Strangeworlds Travel Agency's Core Canon is 3 books.
- What is the reading order for The Strangeworlds Travel Agency? Publication order, starting with The Strangeworlds Travel Agency. Full list and years in the Core Canon table above.
- Is The Strangeworlds Travel Agency finished? Complete (2020–2022).
- How much reading does The Strangeworlds Travel Agency take? Medium reading commitment (estimated from 3 Core Canon books).
- How is The Strangeworlds Travel Agency ranked? #275 in this site's official ranking, based on 4,976 reader ratings across 3 Core Canon books. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #275?
Ranked #275 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 4.12 across 3 core books.
- A smaller readership (4,976 ratings), so the score carries less weight of numbers.
- 0.09 behind #274, Neschan-Trilogie.
- Below the top-10 average of 4.46.
Why explore this universe?
Highly rated · 3 books · Complete · 5k ratings · Ranks #275 overall
Good choice if you want a moderate-length portal fantasy universe that's already finished, so there's no wait for the next book.
Reading order
Publication order (3 Core Canon books)
- The Strangeworlds Travel Agency (2020)
- The Edge of the Ocean (2021)
- The Secrets of the Stormforest (2022)
Documented internal/story chronology is recorded for every Core Canon book here, and matches publication order exactly, with no divergence to show separately.
Awards (verified)
- No awards found for this universe.
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 4.12 across 4,976 ratings on 3 Core Canon books. See Why is it ranked here? above for the full breakdown, or the full ranking.
How do we know this?
Admission: Canon Extension: 27 universes; 5 candidates ruled out; older open items closed accepted 2026-11-01
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
- Better Reading: book 1 Tier 2
- Better Reading: book 2 Tier 2
- Better Reading: book 3 Tier 2
- RCW Literary Agency Tier 2
Last reviewed: 2026-11-01
Rule: Core Canon = The Strangeworlds Travel Agency (2020), The Edge of the Ocean (2021) and The Secrets of the Stormforest (2022). Excluded: the novella A Very Strangeworlds Christmas (2022) and the short promotional story Adventure in the Floating Mountains (2023).